Where does “reinaugurate” come from?
reinaugurate (English) comes from English re, from English reinsurance, from English re-, from Middle English re-, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
reinaugurate (English): To inaugurate again or anew
Definitions
- To inaugurate again or anew
Ancestry of “reinaugurate”, step by step
reinaugurate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English re
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | re | About, regarding, with reference to; especially... |
| 2 | English | reinsurance | Insurance purchased by insurance companies that... |
| 3 | English | re- | again, anew; a completive or intensification of... |
| 4 | Middle English | re- | — |
| 5 | Old French | re- | re- again; once more |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via English inaugurate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inaugurate | To induct into office with a formal ceremony; To... |
| 2 | French | inaugurer | to inaugurate |
| 3 | Latin | inaugurō | to divine, practice augury, take omens from the flight of birds |
| 4 | Latin | auguro | I predict, foretell, forebode; I conjecture,... |
| 5 | Latin | augur | augur (priest, diviner, or soothsayer, one who foretold the future in part by interpreting the song and flight of birds) |
| 6 | Latvian | augos | locative plural form of augs; locative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |